The Atlanta Braves managed to stay ahead of the Chicago Cubs, 3 to 2, on April 27, 1979.

1979 Atlanta Braves

Final

CHC

Cubs

7-8

2

ATL

3

1

2

1

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

0

R

2

3

H

5

8

E

2

1

Top 1st

CHC

ATL

Cubs

Home run by Dave Kingman; Bobby Murcer scored.

2

0

Bottom 1st

CHC

ATL

Braves

Single by Barry Bonnell; Gary Matthews scored.

2

1

Bottom 5th

CHC

ATL

Braves

Single by Dale Murphy; Error by Jerry Martin; Jerry Royster scored.

2

2

Bottom 8th

CHC

ATL

Braves

Double by Jeff Burroughs; Pepe Frias scored.

2

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Buckner 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Kingman LF 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4
Steve Ontiveros 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Martin CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Barry Foote C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ted Sizemore 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Krukow P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donnie Moore P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2 1 2 6 0 0 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Krukow 5.0 4 2 2 9 3 0
Donnie Moore (L) 2.2 4 1 1 1 1 0
Willie Hernandez 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 8.0 8 3 3 11 5 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Gary Matthews RF 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Jeff Burroughs LF 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
Rowland Office PR,CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murphy C 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
Mike Lum 1B 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
Barry Bonnell CF,LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Glenn Hubbard 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pepe Frias SS 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Phil Niekro P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3 0 11 5 0 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Niekro (W) 9.0 5 2 2 2 6 1
Totals 9.0 5 2 2 2 6 1

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More Braves Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

RBI

23

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

AVG

.377

Arcia

Orlando Arcia

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Minter

A.J. Minter

K

20

Sale

Chris Sale

ERA

0.50

López

Reynaldo López

Team Rankings

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HR

20

13th

R

108

2nd

SO

139

27th

ERA

4.41

24th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
12 5 .706
Phillies Phillies
11 8 .579 2.0
Mets Mets
10 8 .556 2.5
Nationals Nationals
8 10 .444 4.5
Marlins Marlins
4 15 .211 9.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
TEX TEX
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Sat
4/20
TEX TEX
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Sun
4/21
TEX TEX
@
ATL ATL
7:10 PM
Mon
4/22
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Tue
4/23
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM

Last Game

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HOU Astros

6-14

4

Final

5

ATL Braves

12-5

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/18
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM
Thu
4/18
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
9:45 PM
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM